When I saw that Death Ships would be playing the High Noon Saloon on Monday, August 13th, I scratched my head and tried to remember where I had heard of them before.

It took me a few minutes, then I scanned my ipod and found their Daytrotter session from April of this year and everything came to a crescendo of clarity.

The band’s signature sound can be attributed to chief singer and songwriter Dan Maloney, whose tunes recall other songster’s like Elliott Smith or Townes Van Zant – there are stories within each of their songs. When songs are well-crafted, encompassed in great lyrics, I often find myself rewinding tracks on my ipod to reconfirm some particularly interesting lyrical moments – those that speak to me, or just make me pause, reflect, smile – anything that I can kind of shrug my shoulders and say “I’ve been there” or “I know that feeling.”

There are plenty of times sprinkled throughout Seeds Of Devastation that I’ve found those moments of greatness. The first of these occasions came during the third track “Little Mystery, “summer took the life out of me/must have been stress/haven’t said a word since we met,” all this before the song breaks into a brief piano part before rising with a guitar driven outro. Not particularly moving in print, but take a listen and I think you’ll find that and many other favorite moments throughout.

Seeds Of Devastation is a good album and I can’t wait to watch the band perform these tracks at the High Noon Saloon. Tickets are $5, so price should hold you back from this one kids…

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